*Additional Ticket Registration Required*
Event registration site: https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/2025-tcf-fundraising-galaJoin the TEAL Charitable Foundation in celebrating EAL educators and students. The wine and appetizer event will begin with honouring the 2024-25 educator and student award winners. The awards ceremony will be followed by a talk from Raymonde Tickner, one of the editors, and several authors of "Geographies of the Heart: Stories from Newcomers to Canada". This book was published last year by UBC Press and contains inspiring stories of resilience from newcomers to Canada. According to BC Bookworld: "[The] accounts [of Geographies of the Heart] belie the many misconceptions about immigration and immigrants by revealing that the paths into Canada are as diverse as the people who journeyed them."
What: TCF Awards & Fundraising Gala
When: Friday, May 2nd
Time: 4:30pm - 8:00pm
Place: VCC Downtown Campus, 250 West Pender Street
Cost: $50 or $75 (includes a copy of "Geographies of the Heart")
Details: The event will include the presentation of TCF awards, as well as a talk by an editor and authors of "Geographies of the Heart: Stories from Newcomers to Canada". The ticket price includes wine, beer, and non-alcoholic beverages, as well as appetizers.
https://www.ubcpress.ca/geographies-of-the-heart
